B980

This article is about the current B980 in Fife.
For the former B980 from Peterculter to Blackburn in Aberdeenshire, see B980 (Aberdeenshire).

The B980 is a short link road to the south of Dunfermline in Fife.

Route

Alongside the M90

The route starts on the B981 to the west of Ferrytoll Junction on the M90 and heads north along Castlandhill Road, which runs alongside the motorway. The route then curves to the north west as it enters Rosyth, running past a mixture of twentieth century housing. It meets the A985 at the Crossroads Roundabout along with two local roads in Rosyth: Queensferry Road, which is the main road through Rosyth (and at one time formed part of the A823), and Holborn Place. The B980 turns left and multiplexes with the A985 for just under half a mile to the west before regaining its number as it turns north onto the dualled King's Road at Kings Road Roundabout.

A long straight passes between schools and then housing, set back behind service roads. It crosses one roundabout, before kinking left at a pair of closely spaced roundabouts, all providing access to the surrounding housing estates. The railway is then crossed next to Rosyth Station, with the B980 terminating soon after at Pitreavie Roundabout which is the junction with the A823 and A823(M).

History

With the construction of the Forth Road Bridge in 1964 also came the A823(M) and the first part of the M90. The A823 between Ferrytoll and Pitreavie was downgraded and replaced by the B980 on a slightly different route. The southern half of the B980's route follows the line of the old A823, which originally met the A90 at a junction on what is now the site of Ferrytoll Junction. The northern half runs along King's Road, which was originally a tramway between Dunfermline and Rosyth Dockyard. The tramway, which operated from 1918 to 1937, eventually had roads running either side of it, supposedly making it one of the earliest dual-carriageways in Scotland.